Talisker Resources Ltd. announced results from its summer 2023 mapping and surface sampling campaign at the Ladner Gold Project. A total of 175 rock samples were collected between mid June and mid September 2023 by a small mapping team. The focus of the mapping was centered on the areas of known mineralization adjacent to the historic Carolin underground mine and the McMaster prospect.

Mapping and sampling targeted major lithological contacts between the lower Ladner Group sediments, the Spider Peak volcanic succession, and the Coquihalla serpentine unit. Of the 175 rock samples collected, 137 samples (78.3%) were anomalous for gold, 88 samples (50.3%) yielded above 0.1 g/t Au, 40 samples (22.8%) yielded above 0.5 g/t Au and 24 samples (13.7%) yielded more than 1.50 g/t Au. The top 24 samples are displayed in Table 1 and include six samples (3.4%) that showed gold values above 6 g/t gold.

The top result was a composite sample of sheeted quartz veins in aphanitic andesite which produced 97.70 g/t Au. The 2023 samples were collected from quartz vein structures, semi-massive to massive sulfide occurrences, or strong alteration zones. The veins on the Ladner Gold Project are observed to be coarse-crystalline mesothermal veins with a low percentage of sulfide minerals.

The dominant alteration assemblage associated with gold is silica, albite, iron-carbonate, and sericite. The dominant sulfides associated with gold are pyrite>arsenopyrite>pyrrhotite, which combined average less than 2% in observed veins, and greater than 15% in massive sulfide zones. Structural observations and data collection show an architecture of isoclinal folding in the Ladner sediments and Spider Peak volcanics.

Quartz veins infill a variety of low-pressure zones including bedding-parallel, bedding oblique due to progressive shearing, within the plunge of fold hinges, and axial planar to the isoclinal folds. Additionally, preliminary observations suggest a later fold event resulting in broad open folds of low amplitude in the bedding strike orientation. The above observations are key to expanding known mineralization and targeting new ore zones in the historic Ladner Gold Project.